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I A. W. WALKER,

FRUIT DRIER.

No. 267,288. ,1 59%e/gted Nov. 7, 1882..

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EETCE.

ALBERT W. WALKER, OF GLEMMONSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

FRUIT-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0..267,288, dated November7, 1882.

Application filed July 22, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. WALKER, ot' Glemmonsville, in the countyof Davidson and State of North Carolina, have invented a new andImproved FruitDrier; and I hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification,in which Figurel is aperspective view of my improved drier. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview ofthe same.

My invention relates to portable fruit-driers; and itconsists in sundrydetails of construction and arrangement, as will hereinafter be fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art may make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings, A is a boiler, from which rise two uprights, B andG, braced atthe top by a cross-piece, D. ()n the inside of posts B U, atequal intervals, are secured skids a a, to support hollow d ry ing-traysE, and vertical pieces bl), passing along the ends of said skids, serveto stop the trays at a proper position. Supported by uprights B (J aretwo pipes, G H, each provided with rubber-packed thimbles e e, passingthrough the said uprights, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. Thelower end of pipe G enters the boilers and its upper end is closed,while the lower end of pipe H is closed and its upper end is open.

The trays E are made with a double bottom, soas to provide asteam-space, d, beneath the fruit to be dried, which rests on the falsebottom. The sides of the trays, at opposite ends, are provided withthimbles it" of a diameter corresponding to thimbles e e, and when thetrays are pushed into position the thimbles e e register with thethimbles it.

Any number of trays may be arranged on above another, and any desirablevariations in the shape of the boiler or the diameter of the thimblesmay be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

When steam is formed in boiler A it rises through pipe G, and,passingthrough thimbles 'e and 2', it fills the hollow trays E,furnishing the necessary heat to dry the fruit, and then passes out atthe top of pipe H, the currents passing in the direction indicated bythe arrows in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire toobtain by Letters Patent, is-

In a fruit-drier, the boiler A, in combination with vertical pipe Gr,having its upper end closed and provided with thimbles e, hollow traysprovided with thimbles M, and vertical pipe H,having its upper end openand provided with thimbles c, all constructed, arranged,and operated asset forth.

ALBERT W. WALKER. Witnesses:

R. A. WOUMACK, O. E. SHUPE.

